Assembler Mfg Direct - Truss

Builders FirstSource; Berlin (NJ); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Builders FirstSource is seeking an Assembler in Berlin, New Jersey. This entry-level role involves performing repetitive assembly operations to mass-produce products such as windows, doors, and trusses. You will place parts together, tend machines, and work at different workstations based on production needs.

No formal education or experience is required, though prior carpentry experience is beneficial. The position demands physical labor, including lifting up to 100 pounds with assistance and working in a loud environment.

Qualifications

• There are no requirements in terms of education or experience.
• Prior carpentry experience helpful.

Responsibilities

• Perform repetitive assembly operations to mass-produce products.
• Place parts in specified relationship to each other.
• Tend machines to perform force fitting or fastening operations on assembly line.

Job description

Purpose

The Assembler is an entry‑level position that performs repetitive assembly operations to mass‑produce products such as windows, doors, trusses, panels, or stairs by performing the following duties.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Place parts in specified relationship to each other.
• Bolts, clips, screws, cements, or otherwise fastens parts together.
• Cut products to specific measurements as needed.
• Remove defective products as needed.
• Tend machines to perform force fitting or fastening operations on assembly line.
• Work at different workstations as production needs require.
• Work in an environment where tasks change as varying models of product are produced.
• Clean equipment, floors, and work areas according to safety procedures.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Minimum Requirements

• There are no requirements in terms of education or experience.
• Prior carpentry experience helpful.

Competencies

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions. Ability to write simple correspondence. Verbal expression ability to effectively present information, in both individual and small group situations.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide.
• Ability to read tape measure.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Overtime work could be involved.

Work Environment / Physical Activity

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is continuously required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.
• The employee is continuously required to walk.
• The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must continuously lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds; and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds with assistance as reasonably needed.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is continuously exposed to moving mechanical parts and may be exposed to airborne particles.
• The employee is frequently exposed to outside weather conditions; extreme cold; extreme heat; risk of electrical shock and vibration.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
• Will be required to wear ear plugs for noise protection as well as eye protection and other personal protective equipment required by the location.

Equal Opportunity / Affirmsive Action Statement

Builders FirstSource is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status or status as an individual with a disability.

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